Michelle L Langford

[(Directory of World Cinema: Germany: Volume 9 )] [Author: Michelle Langford] [Mar-2012]

Directory of World Cinema: Germany

From bleak expressionist works to the edgy political works of the New German Cinema to the feel-good Heimat films of the postwar era, Directory of World Cinema: Germany aims to offer a wider film and cultural context for the films that have emerged from Germany—including some of the East German film...

Directory of World Cinema: Germany 2

Building on the material presented in the first installment of the Directory of World Cinema: Germany, this volume explores a range of compelling and sometimes surprising German films. Included here is an in-depth treatment of the sport film that identifies a close interrelationship between sport, c...

Allegorical Images: Tableau, Time and Gesture in the Cinema of Werner Schroeter

Werner Schroeter is one of the most important and influential directors of the New German Cinema, yet discussion of his films within film theory has been intermittent and un-sustained. This book provides a long-overdue introduction to Schroeter’s visually lavish, idiosyncratic and conceptually rich ...